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Saturday, October 31, 2015

In-game comments post: Virginia Tech

Things could get even more interesting if Addazio turns to walk-on John Fadule at QB. Desperate times...
I just hope we win. No one -- even those who don't like Addazio -- want to see a wasted year and a terrible season.

49 comments:

Too late, Mrs. O'Leary's cow (mother of Nick) already kicked over the bucket. John Fadule, come on now. How was he even recruited? Just who is doing the recruiting? Chase Rettig was a very good player. Just take a look at what has been brought in to replace him. It's like the pre 1969 NY Mets and Marv Throneberry.

I have been highly critical of the local alumni for not attending games, but I cannot criticize them now. Why waste a beautiful fall day watching this debacle?

I was supposed to be at the game but my son was hospitalized. First time in 12 years I will not see a BC game live. Thinking about coming out for a hockey game now. At least I know BC has a strong shot at a win in that sport.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Fadule is the best QB I've seen out of BC all year. He's moving the ball and I think we should have gone for it on 3rd and 5. I also like his toughness. He seems to fire up the rest of the team.

Fadule was 1 for 4 passing. Flutie was 0 for 1. Virginia Teach is running a 10 man defensive line. To bench Flutie for Fadule sends quite a message. What good does it do to run the ball between the 2 forties? The name of the game is to score. Fadule is running the offense. What good does that do? BC can't score. Now, the defense is starting to catch the disease. The heads are down and all Addazio does is shake his head and then tell the media that it is because of all the young players. Torres looked like had no coaching. The ball hit him on the punt and then he was the 12th man on the field for a penalty and he still wouldn't get off the field. Flutie is a passing qb. So, Addazio sends him in to run the option. The offense stinks Addazio and you don't know how to coach. Nevertheless, Bates gave him an extension and now BC owes him 13 million. Addazio should be fired but they can't. Bates carries a great deal of the blame and shame. What a pathetic product and all that can be said is that we have young players who make mistakes. I hope that Flutie goes somewhere else and makes a name for himself. There is no doubt that Addazio is jealous of the Flutie name and is using him as a scapegoat. After all, he did the same thing before with Christian Suntrup who is still on campus. He is a small and petty individual who needs to go but BC has too much money invested. Bates needs to be fired and the offensive coordinator needs to be replaced. Maybe, there is a buyout clause.

Young Eagles, this is eerily similar to the early 80's when Bicknell was down to his 4th string quarterback in a game where the Eagles were way behind. Freshman Doug Flutie entered the game, showed a spark and started every game thereafter, eventually earning BC's only Heisman Trophy.

Doug Flutie Revisits Penn State, Where It All BeganNovember 02, 1984|by JOHN KUNDA, The Morning CallIt was one of those pretty mid-October afternoons in Centre County, Pa. The mountains that seem to box in the Penn State campus were aglow with the colors of autumn - the reds, the yellows and the oranges. It was a delightful setting for a football crowd, not to mention a picturedelight for a tourism promotion.

The crowd at Beaver Stadium on that afternoon numbered 84,473. It was Homecoming Day, a special day on any campus. The alumni, spirits high already from a morning of tailgating, were being entertained by the Penn State football team which was doing a tap-dance on Boston College.

It was 31-0 heading into the final quarter, and a good number of the crowd was headed for the parking lots for more tailgating. Penn State went on to beat Boston College 38-7 en route to a season that would carry them to the Fiesta Bowl and a win over Southern Cal.

The year was 1981.

At the time it was insignificant. But in that last quarter, Boston College Coach Jack Bicknell called for a freshman quarterback, a fourth-stringer , for mop-up duty.

All the freshman kid did was pass for 135 yards in less than 15 minutes. One of those passes was a 23-yard touchdown, thus denying Penn State a shut out victory.

The freshman kid had a last name that was easy to remember. And he was small, very small by major college standards.

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On that mid-October afternoon of 1981, in Beaver Stadium, the Doug Flutie Era began.

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